Russell Brand earns the respect of non-voters everywhere standing up for himself in the face of an extremely hostile BBC interviewer and calling for an overhaul (change, revolution, alternative, whatever you want…

I’ve never really looked into feminism until recently. I’m aware of the fundamental principles feminists adhere to – the liberation of women from an oppressive patriarchal society and the somewhat problematic expression “equality for women” (which seems something of an oxymoron to me, since surely equality should apply to everyone) – but, having never come across feminism beyond an awareness of its existence as an ideology, and personally knowing no women who call themselves feminists, it’s been something of an “unknown” to me.

British economist Arthur C. Pigou, friend and contemporary of beloved John Maynard Keynes, eventually not only came around to the Keynesian logic, but also expanded on the common-sense philosophy to promote social balance…

Relevant in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, a conversation between BOMB Magazine and Rebecca Solnit about this hazardous, even deadly, phenomenon: The term “elite panic” was coined by [sociologists] Caron Chess and…

Scottish radical geographer, professor, and author Neil Smith died at age 58 this past weekend. It’s worth revisiting his groundbreaking, established-wisdom-challenging work, including his well-known declaration post-Hurricane Katrina that there’s no such thing…

Matt Bruenig on the logical absurdity of debates about “wealth redistribution”: The blogosphere is ablaze with discussions of redistribution: who redistributes to who, how much redistribution is happening, and so on. The…

Historian C.F. Goodey on the varying terms the elite have used to justify their elite status, via New Left Project: Four hundred years ago, religious elites saw themselves as superior because they possessed…